City of Child Picnic
Hello and welcome to another blog by that stressed, hair-losing, sleep-lacking human climbing frame you may recognise as Roy Walker. I know that sounds fairly negative but I have been having loads of fun recently with the children and the different work on offer.
One such event is the City of Child Picnic that Lotte arranged recently for her Tadiwala Road classes.
I was relaxing in my room at CoC, packing for my trip back to Pune when I heard the sound of the Deep Griha bus arriving at the front office. Within a few moments children piled out of the bus, I was greeted with the usual ‘Namaste’ and I honestly felt like the Queen of Britain with all the handshakes. This was when the initial chaos began!
With a delirium of excitement from the trip and typical human nature, within ten minutes the children had already lost most of the sporting equipment, had come close to snapping a large swing, and a large boy (who will remain nameless) broke the outdoor shower system that took the supervisors an entire day to repair and upgrade! None of us minded though because the children were having the time of their lives and that was the main thing.
After playing in the amazing CoC playground (donated by Gordonstown students from Scotland) and eating most of the unready almond pods from a tree we brought the children round the front to get ready for lunch. There were also traditional games such as frisbee and the ‘hokey cokey’. Meanwhile a few of the CoC children were returning from school and I had the distinct impression they were completely overwhelmed!
After lunch we decided to bring them on a short walk to the village to see the temple and a small reservoir nearby. The children seemed to enjoy this very much, judging from their funny antics. Again they were having the time of their lives until unfortunately it started to rain. They looked quite dejected when we headed back to the buses, but were clearly satisfied from their long day at CoC.
The outing was a great success which we all enjoyed very much. It would be a good idea for Deep Griha to arrange more such events in the future so the children can benefit from the rural atmosphere and most importantly, have a load of fun.
- Roy Walker
One such event is the City of Child Picnic that Lotte arranged recently for her Tadiwala Road classes.
I was relaxing in my room at CoC, packing for my trip back to Pune when I heard the sound of the Deep Griha bus arriving at the front office. Within a few moments children piled out of the bus, I was greeted with the usual ‘Namaste’ and I honestly felt like the Queen of Britain with all the handshakes. This was when the initial chaos began!
With a delirium of excitement from the trip and typical human nature, within ten minutes the children had already lost most of the sporting equipment, had come close to snapping a large swing, and a large boy (who will remain nameless) broke the outdoor shower system that took the supervisors an entire day to repair and upgrade! None of us minded though because the children were having the time of their lives and that was the main thing.
After playing in the amazing CoC playground (donated by Gordonstown students from Scotland) and eating most of the unready almond pods from a tree we brought the children round the front to get ready for lunch. There were also traditional games such as frisbee and the ‘hokey cokey’. Meanwhile a few of the CoC children were returning from school and I had the distinct impression they were completely overwhelmed!
After lunch we decided to bring them on a short walk to the village to see the temple and a small reservoir nearby. The children seemed to enjoy this very much, judging from their funny antics. Again they were having the time of their lives until unfortunately it started to rain. They looked quite dejected when we headed back to the buses, but were clearly satisfied from their long day at CoC.
The outing was a great success which we all enjoyed very much. It would be a good idea for Deep Griha to arrange more such events in the future so the children can benefit from the rural atmosphere and most importantly, have a load of fun.
- Roy Walker
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